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s. G. MBDDIGK. FERTILIZEB. DISTRIBUTING ATTACHMENT lFOR. ROLLBRS.

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a fertilizer-distributing attachment .of my imwise in the hopper, with thin fiat plates Z at- -trivance of apparatus for effecting uniform UNITED STATES I sANFOnD o. Mannion,

PATENT OFFICE.

oF oviD, NEW YORK.

FERTILIZER-Dlsrmurmc ATTACHMENT FOR .RQLLERSl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentN'o. 29.1828, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed Janna ry 1,7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern'.-

Be it known that I, SANFORD C. MFDDIOK, of Ovid, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment for Rollers, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of an improved condistribution of fertilizers in a distributing attachment to land-rollers, as hereinafter fully` described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a roller having proved contrivance, the cover of the fertilizerhopper being partly removed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the hopper, and side elevation of the rest of the machine.

I mount a long fertilizer-holding hopper, a, on the rear extension, b, of the frame of a land-` roller of any approved form-as a pair of rolls, @arranged end to end in a frame, d--and I make the rear half, e, of the bottom of said hopper to slide forward and backward by a lever, f, for regulating the size of a long nar-V ro'W'slit-opening g, extending from end t end of the bottom, for distributing the fertilizer on the ground, said lever being fixed on .a fulcrum-pivot at h, and ranging along a curved slotted bar, z', to which it is to be fastened to set the slide-bottom e at any desired point by the binding-screw j.

For preventing the clogging of the 'slit y and for agitating the fertilizer in the hopper, so as to insure the settling of it downl tothe slit, lI arrange a long narrow plate, k, edgetached to the lower edge and projecting each way over and resting on the bottom of the hopper, and with laterally-inclined prongs m projecting fromthe upper edge. The plates Z have pointed ends, forming edges ofthe plates, inclined from the sides of the hopper to the center, for gathering the fertilizer to the feeding-slit g, and said plates slide alongthe bottom of the hopper forward and backward by the reciprocation of the plate k, so as to thoroughly dislodge any of the matters clogging on or over theslit. Some of the prongs m may be bent down toa horizontalposition, if desired, for the better agitating of the contents of the hopper above the bottom.

The plate k is connected by a rod, n, with a cranked rocker, o, arranged transversely to the hopper, and connected by an arm, p, out` side of the hopper with another connectingrod, q, which is connected to the bell-crank s, and the bell-crank is connected by rod t with acrank, u, which isgeared by the pinion e and wheel -w with the axle x of one of the rollers c.

It will-be seen that the reciprocating bar k, with its plates Z and prongs m, Awill effectually agitate and distribute the contents of the hopper through the discharge-orifice g on the bottom of the hopper, and that the means for operating the same are very simple to construct and keep in repair.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1 1. The reciprocating bar k, having plates Z on the lower edge, and the prongs m on the upper edge, and being arranged in the hopper 'over slot g of the bottom of said hopper, and geared with one of the roller-shafts by mechanism, substantially as described, for operating it.

2. The reciprocating bar k, having plates Z, both of the side edges of each plate inclining inwardly to the slot g of the hopper, in combination with the means for reciprocating said bar, substantially asshown and described.

SANFORD C. MEDDIGK.

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I. D. THoMAs, A. B. HAUsF. 

